Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-12-30
OLYMPIA. WASHINGTON TER.
OLYMPIA. FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 80. 1887
In Keeping with His Greed.

Mr.. d. p. Ballard, OF Vancouver,
gives the bloody shirt a vigorous
flaunt in the Oregonian of yesterday,
in commenting upon the proposition
to pay the widow of Gen. Candy
pension of $50 per month. In his
virtuous indignation against what he
denominatcs the parsimony" of the
government, he exclaims Fifty-one
hundred a month! Give her 5000
per year as becomes her station" and
then adds: GA government which
furnishes pap for rebel Brigadiers,
and puts them and Northern Copper
heads at the helm of state ought to be
Id by both gods and men,"
Verify, our friend is an adept in the
use of expletives. He fairly makes
"Rome howl" when it comes to the
use OF words full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing" He seems to be
veritable Furioso in singing ink or
wagging jaw, and one almost expects
to see him step forth in blaze of red
light exclaiming:
He who dare these boots displace
Shall meet Bombastes face to face"
with all the dire consequences which
such an encounter would involve.
Now let us see how much justice
there is in this rebel-hating demand.
Mr.. Ballard says that $1,000 per an
mum would be pension becoming the
station" of the widow of Gen. Candy
Why 5000, or nearly $14 per day, a
sum that paid for whole months ser
vice of those who did the real shooting
of the rebels? Why pay the widow Of
q general more than the widow of a
private? Both may have been reared
in luxury, or in the humber grades Of
life, it matters not which, before the
vicissitudes of war had afforded mer
of the Ballard stamp the pretext for as
signing to one station" lar above
that of the other. Both may bt
equally refined and equally used t.
the ways Of good society. Both may
be deserving of liberal aid from q
people that have not been chary il
the manifestation of its gratitude
Why should the one, through a dis
tinction which partakes of the nature
of caste, receive q mere pittance, Will
the other is given an annual pension
greater in amount than the salaries o
executives of most of the States ant
many of the higher judicial officers o
the Government? Why should tn
man who loses an arm, that may pei
chance incapacitate him from pursu
ing trade that has taken many year
of hard labor and thought to acquire
receive pittance of the amount tina
is awarded to widow who, by tn
chances of life, was the companion Q
one in commando Is patriotism t
be measured by the number of bar
worn on the shoulder, or the value 9
service to the Government by labor
in the tent instead OF upon the gor
field?
Away with such false, sentiments
ideas. Our government is of the pei
pie, by the people, for the peopl,
True Democracy recognizes no distint
ton of caste. It presumes that q
men are equal. The aristocratic pr
tentions Of the Hamiltonian elemen
in the history of our country, whic
believed that none but the few VIII
were rich and well-born capable {
governing and maintaining good go,
eminent, occasionally blossoms out o
Republican soil, in efforts to establis
. privileged class, whose pre1ogative
shall usurp the rights owned by til
masses, individually and collectivel,
It is in strict keeping with this sent
ment, which was rejected by the fount
ers of our government, and come
filtered down through the Wing an
the Republican parties, that prompt
Mr.. Ballard to utter the Fairchildia
anathema which closes his letter {
the Oregonian: "God palsy IL
tongue of every Senator who votes fl
Lamar or against the widows claim
courses sometimes come home
roost," Mr.. Ballard.
A COUNTRY editor, says an exchang
is one who reads neWspaDers. writ